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CHALLENGE PREVIEWS

2025-2026 Team Challenges

Each year, Destination Imagination creates six new Team Challenges that span STEAM disciplines. Teams choose one challenge to work on throughout the season and present their solution at tournament.

TECHNICAL: WIN IT BIG

Teams integrate technical elements with theatrical presentation, building working technical solutions that tell a story.

SCIENTIFIC: UNFORGETTABLE

Teams explore scientific concepts and present their discoveries through creative storytelling and demonstration.

FINE ARTS: BECOMING SUPER

Teams showcase artistic talent through original performances that combine multiple art forms.

IMPROVISATIONAL: CASTING SHADOWS

Teams think on their feet, creating spontaneous performances based on prompts revealed at tournament time.

ENGINEERING: ABOVE AND BEYOND

Teams design and build structures or devices tested for strength, efficiency, or other engineering criteria.

SERVICE LEARNING: GIVE AND TAKE

Teams identify a real community need and create a project that makes a lasting positive impact.